Here at RTB we are so excited to kick off a new year of crafting!
We encourage you to challenge yourself, raise your own level of crafting, and keep your resolution to use those new stamping items. And yes, we will even use those supplies that you just had to have in your collection. ;)

Friday, February 22, 2013

Challenge #132

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I hope you are looking forward to a nice weekend. :)
Thank you all to entering in on our "Free at last" challenge (aka Anything Goes)!
It's always so nice to see the numbers up this week.
Congratulations to the following crafters:

Valou
Lena Loken
Bettina
Chris V
Danni

Yay ladies! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com
with the subject GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line. Thank you everyone for your beautiful entries every week here at Raise The Bar!

And now on to this week's challenge, in honor of February 26th, also known as:

 National Carnival Day 
 (I know, fun, right?)
Of course we want you all to play along so any image with carnival/circus vibes will be perfect!
Here with some fun inspiration are our Guest Bar-Tenders:
Judy

Anna

Yolanda
And our Bar-Tenders:
Thanh
Joni

Peggy

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Friday, February 15, 2013

Challenge #131

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
It's time for a new challenge here at Raise The Bar but first...
Our top picks for last week's Couples Challenge!

CONGRATULATIONS ladies!
Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com with GUEST BAR-TENDER in the subject line to be a guest designer!

And now on for this week's challenge, inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech,
and in honor of Black History Month:

FREE AT LAST
In other words - Anything Goes! YAY!
Go ahead, express yourself. ;)

PLEASE NOTE:
With this open challenge only ONE entry per person is allowed. 
THANK YOU!!

From our guest designers:

Pinky


And from our Bar-Tenders:
Peggy

Thanh

Joni



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Friday, February 8, 2013

Challenge #130

Happy Friday everyone!
WOW - what a wonderful response to last week's challenge of Animal Attraction.
Oh the adorable images that popped up on your creations were just so so cute!
And a huge THANK YOU to Eureka Stamps for being our sponsor,
if you love animals, be sure to check out their wonderful line of digis here at their store.

For the random draw, this lucky winner will receive 5 digital images of their choice from Eureka:

#14: Pinky!

Yay Pinky! Please email me so I can put you in contact with Eureka's people. :)

Now since we had so many entries, we were relieved to pick more than just 3 to showcase.
So here is our top 6:

Jen Leeflang
Rina
Tammy
Suzette
Judy
Yolanda

Thank you ladies! Please email me at jonjinko@hotmail.com
for your opportunity to be a Guest Bar-Tender with us.

And now on to this week's challenge:

A 'COUPLE' of things...

We want to see you using a PAIR of images on your creations.
Whether it be 2 animals, 2 people, etc. - let's celebrate Valentine's with lots of love and friendship. ;)

Here with some fabulous inspiration:

Guest Designer Cristina Valenzuela


Guest Designer Helen Brammer

Thanh

Peggy

Joni
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Friday, February 1, 2013

Challenge #129

Happy beautiful Friday everyone!
I hope your week is going well and that you're ready for the weekend.
Thank you all who participated in this week's challenge of Message Me!
Your cards were all so beautiful and creative. :)
Congratulations to the following crafters:




Yay! Please contact me at jonjinko@hotmail.com to join in as a future Guest Bar-Tender. Please use the subject line GUEST BAR-TENDER so I can find it easier in my inbox. ;)

And now on to this week's challenge which is being sponsored:


 Eureka Stamps has an amazing line of both digital and rubber stamps.
Their image are SO cute and one lucky winner will be drawn randomly
to receive this week's prize from them.

This week's theme showcases their adorable images with our theme of:

ANIMAL ATTRACTION

All you have to do is use an animal on your card or creation!

Joining us this week are two Guest Bar-Tenders:
using Baby Animals


Thank you ladies! Your cards are so sweet!
And now from the Bar-Tenders:

Thanh

Peggy
Joni
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